Theme

Reading/Assignment

The Tā‘atu Story: Practice identifying key Polynesian themes

Tcherkézoff, chpts 9-11

Colonial Tools: Clothing, Morality & Change

Chloë Colchester & Alain Barbadzan

             - Grand Opening of Moku Ola Hawaiian Art Gallery

Film: The Land Has Eyes

( The film runs 90 minutes).

Guest Speaker: Dr. Vilsoni Hereniko

Theme: the relevance of creative arts & 'new media' to Polynesian identities and empowerment today.

Visit to Karl Pao’s studio, in Kailua                        Be there by 4 pm.

**Download** the map/directions from MYUH 447.

Contemporary Polynesians: Christianity, Cloth & “Pragmatic Creativity”.

The Poncho and the Quilt: Material Christianity in the Cook Islands (Susanne Küchler) OR:

God's Kingdom in Auckland: Tongan Christian Dress and the Expression of Duty (Ping-Ann Addo)

Essay Due T-shirts, Fashion Activism, and Humor (I will show the “Zeelander” episode of Bro’ Town in class)

T-shirts, Translation and Humour: on the Nature of Wearer-Perceiver Relationships in South Auckland (Chloë Colchester) AND Getting Specific: Fashion Activism in Auckland during the 1990s: A Visual Essay (Rosanna Raymond).

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Rugby as Polynesian Sport: The All Blacks, the Haka & Maori culture in Kiwi identity (I will show the “Get Rucked” episode of Bro’ Town + Adidas & Whisky commercials in class).

Read the Wikipedia entries on Rugby Union and the All Blacks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Blacks and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union

Diasporic Polys: Poetry, Comics and Rock Bands:

John Pule, Konai Thaman, Johnny Angel & Moana & the Moa Hunters

View the video under the “Nightline Logo” (need Windows Media Player):

http://www.tv3.co.nz/ShowsAZ/NewsandCurrentAffairs/Nightline/tabid/77/articleID/13618/Default.aspx

Post-Colonial Body Stories: Transformed & Trans-gendered bodies

Albert Wendt: Tatauing the Post-Colonial Body Span 42-43 (1996):15-29. http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/wendt/tatauing.asp, Also google Shigeyuki Kihara: http://www.tautai.org/Kihara/shigeyuki_kihara.html

Last Class: Kava Ceremony: Open discussion, description of your papers & Spoken Word. Final exam prep, Class may run overtime.

Come with a personal cup (small), and bring kava or sweets or snacks.

FIRST THURSDAY = SPOKEN WORD PERFORMERS AT THE HAWAIIAN HUT, 7pm.

FINAL EXAM: WATANABE 112, BE HERE AT 2 PM, READY TO START AT 2:15PM.